Halter and bridle for horses



NTT STATES PATENT UFFICE.

SAMUEL C. HAWKINS, OF PATCHOGUE, NEW YORK.

HALTER .AND BRIDLE FOR HORSES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,674, dated October 5, 1858.

T0 all whom t m @y camera:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. Hawkins, of Patchogue, in the county of Suffolk and State of -New York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Horse Halters or Bridles; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description oi the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification. in which# Figure l, is a side view of my invention attached to a halter or bridle. Fig. 2, is a section ot ditto, taken in the line m, m, Fig. l.

Similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in having a lanch cast or formed on the ring of the halter so that the straps may be riveted and permanently secured thereto, and prevented from sliriping on the ring, the halter or bridle being thereby rendered Jtar more durable than those constructed in the ordinary way.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the halter ring which may be of cast metal, with a tlanch a, thereon. This tlanch projects around rather more than one quarter the circlnnference of the ring but is somewhat less in thickness than the ring, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

B, B, are leather straps which are passed through the ring A, doubled and secured to the ring by rivets b, which pass through the fianch c, one near each end, holes being allowed in the iianch for the rivets to pass through. The nebs e, c, of the halter are secured to the straps B, B, by being stitched bet-ween them, as shown clearly in Fig. 2,

one neb being at right angles to the other as shown clearly in Fig. l.

Malleable cast iron would probably be the bestmaterial for the ring, and the anch and ring may be cast together.

The usual ring is not provided with any tlanch, but a leather stay connects the straps B, B. This stay is a very imperfect protection as it cannot effectually prevent the straps from sliding on the ring and the straps consequently soon wear. The straps also by being secured to the ring by stitch ing are liable to become detached, the threads being liable to break, and as the ends of the leather stays are necessarily se cured at points where the webs are attached to the straps, the stay is much weakened b v the stitches. By my improvement these ditliculties are obviated. The rivets Z), permanently secure the straps B, B, to the ring preventing any movement of the straps on the ring and consequent wear and at the same time securing them rmly to it.

l do not claim simply attaching the straps to the ring by rivets, because straps have been previously attached for similar or analogous purposes; but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

Forming the ring A, with a flanch a, and securing the straps B, to the ring by rivets Y), which pass through the straps and tlanch substantially as and for the purpose specified.

SAML. C. HAVKINS.

lVitnesses R. JENNINGS, Jr., GEORGE TEAL. 

